Prospective Grant of Exclusive Evaluation License: Development of Antibody-Drug Conjugates Comprising Topoisomerase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Human Cancers

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This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404, that the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive license to practice the inventions embodied in U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/844,027 entitled, "Azonafide derived tumor and cancer targeting compounds," filed September 12, 2006 [HHS Ref. No. E- 160-2006/0-US-01], PCT Application No. PCT/US2007/078233 entitled, "Azonafide derived tumor and cancer targeting compounds," filed September 12, 2007 [HHS Ref. No. E-160-2006/0-PCT-02], European Patent Application No. 7842310.0 entitled, "Azonafide derived tumor and cancer targeting compounds," filed September 12, 2007 [HHS Ref. No. E- 160-2006/0-EP-03], and U.S. Patent Application No. 12/441,029 entitled, "Azonafide derived tumor and cancer targeting compounds," filed March 12, 2009 now US Patent No. 8,008,316 issued August 30, 2011 [HHS Ref. No. E-160-2006/0-US-04], and all related continuing and foreign patents/patent applications for the technology family, to Oncolinx, Inc. The patent rights in these inventions have been assigned to the Government of the United States of America. The